An Update from the Road and Our Accidental Hiatus in Hoi An

Accidental Hiatus in Hoi An for the Lunar New Year. Tet Boat Race, Hoi An old town, Hanoi, Vietnam. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

We’ve been asked by readers whether we’ve taken time out from blogging and we know it looks that way. It’s been something of an accidental hiatus in Hoi An, where we unexpectedly found ourselves settling in for a while to get through some writing, and for Terence a mountain of photography work. As you know, … Read more

Celebrations, Resolutions, Plans, Proposals, and Surprises

Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi, Vietnam. Copyright 2014 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved. Celebrations, Resolutions, Plans, Proposals, and Surprises.

January 2013 marks the start of our eighth year of continuous travel. It’s a whopping seven whole years to the month that we packed up our Dubai apartment, put everything in storage, and took to the road for what we thought might be a year of travel, bouncing around the planet from one assignment to … Read more

Best of 2012: Travel Highlights From Another Year Grand Touring

Best of 2012: Travel Highlights From Another Year Grand Touring. Looking over Lake Wakatipu from Matakauri Lodge, Queenstown, New Zealand. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

Here’s a look back at the best of 2012 travel highlights from another year grand touring – from the bathtub of New Zealand’s beautiful Matakauri Lodge no less – a year in which our travels focused largely on Asia and Australasia. It was a year in which we seemed to continuously be doing journeys, by … Read more

The Stories You Read on Grantourismo in 2012

The Stories You Read on Grantourismo in 2012. Lamb Tagine. Essaouira, Morocco. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

A new year means new starts and time to consider the year that’s passed and plan for the one ahead. Grantourismo in 2012 was a busy year and we always go through a process of looking back and reflecting upon what went well and what didn’t go so great, so we can do things differently … Read more